The year-long market for tender but relatively bland chicken meat is a newish phenomenon, and without it the idea of chicken cutlets, $5 rotisseries, or the McNugget would be a fantasy. How did America go from thinking of chicken as an “alternative” meat to consuming it more than any other meat? How American corn fueled a taste for chickenAt the turn of the 20th century, chicken was almost always eaten in the spring. The modern chicken is fully industrialised. The winner, the Vantress chicken, would become the standard meat chicken by the 1950s.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2020 06:22 UTC